Author: BooMan

Wanker of the Day

Jennifer Medina: In some ways the talk of religion and ethnicity is a distraction that Mr. Lieberman’s campaign seems to be trying to avoid. They have spent much of their time promoting Mr. Lieberman’s accomplishments in...

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Open Thread

David Frum, the guy that brought us ‘Axis-of-Evil’, has admitted reality: It’s like some baby boomer nightmare: after decades of swearing that we would never repeat the mistakes of our parents, we are...

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Casey Gives Back Gay-Tainted Contribution

When I was at the Philly book signing for Crashing the Gates, a Casey staffer came warily up to me and said something to the effect, “Pleased to meet you, BooMan, I’m so-and-so from Casey’s staff…I know...

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Beaver Creek: Road to Armageddon

In my opinion, Dick Cheney is the most dishonest politician in American politics. By that, I mean that he has less regard for the factual basis of what he says than anyone I’ve ever observed. But sometimes he says exactly...

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Open Thread

“He knew who I was, at that time, because I had a reputation as a writer. I knew he was part of the Bush dynasty. But he was nothing, he offered nothing, and he promised nothing. He had no humor. He was insignificant in...

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